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Ukrainian doctors again visit VUMC to observe organ transplants and protocols

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By Matt Batcheldor

For the second year, a delegation of doctors from Ukraine recently visited Vanderbilt University Medical Center to observe organ transplants and protocols.

With the help of Vanderbilt and other transplant centers, Ukraine has developed a growing transplant program in the country in the last three years, said Borys Todurov, MD, a Ukrainian cardiac surgeon and director of The Heart Institute in Kyiv, who performed the nation’s first heart transplant. Read the complete article in the VUMC Reporter.

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VUMC performs novel reoperative lung and kidney transplant

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By Matt Batcheldor

Vanderbilt University Medical Center has performed its first combined reoperative lung and kidney transplant.

Nicole Hunter, 36, of Searcy, Arkansas, received the transplant, which took place over 17 hours and involved dozens of specialists, including transplant teams for both organs. Her lung transplant was performed by Matthew Bacchetta, MD, MBA, professor of Surgery; and Chetan Pasrija, MD, assistant professor of Cardiac Surgery. Read the full article in the VUMC Reporter.

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